Snakes in a Bowl - Hiram Williams

Mixed Media 
c. 1989
On Loan from Donald N. Cavanaugh & Edward G. Blue 
 
Hiram Williams
1917-2003

Hiram Williams was a painter best known for his Hiram Williams was a painter best known for his powerful, impressionistic, figurative images that evoke the full spectrum of human emotions ranging from the tragic to the comic. While serving as a faculty member of the University of Florida's Art Department, Williams established a national reputation as a major force in 20th Century art. His work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. He also donated a collection of his work to the University of Florida's Harn Museum.

Hiram participated in a festival that GFAA organized in 1963 at the Florida Bank Building along with Stuart Purser and P.R. McIntosh, all three were UF professors at the time. From an article in the Gainesville Daily Sun (Feb 3, 1963): There are also works by persons who are less accomplished, including some in their first blush of artistic creation. The experts and beginners represent a cross-section of painters in the Gainesville area.